The Congressional Budget Office released its annual economic projection Tuesday, sending tweeters into a tizzy.

At issue: the impact of ObamaCare and the number of full-time jobs that might go away as a result of the federally mandated insurance program.

The CBO predicts nearly 2.5 million workers could opt out of the work force to stay eligible for Medicaid and other federal subsidies -- resulting in the loss of 2.3 million jobs.

GOP brass hopped on the report like frogs on a lily pad, and the “I told you so’s” reverberated into the far corners of the Twitterverse.

Late Tuesday night, Kansas GOP Sen.Pat Roberts tweeted that he wants the CBO to explain itself … in Congress. He took to the Senate floor earlier in the day to demand the Senate Finance Committee hold a hearing to investigate conflicting CBO reports.

How right he was. The most read story on the Washington Post was written by -- you guessed it -- its fact-checker, who slammed the GOP for its analysis of the “confusing issue.” He gives the two million-plus job loss claim three Pinocchios.

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